MBA Program Structure

The CSUN Nazarian MBA program is a part-time evening program that caters to the working professional. Mid-career professionals can enroll up to 1-2 courses per semester and proceed at their own pace through the program. Students have up to seven years to complete the program. To allow for the changing personal and career demands, students can take a up to two semesters off without any penalty.

Students may be required to take up to 5 "Foundation" Courses if they have not previously completed equivalent coursework. Students are required to complete GBUS 600: Analysis of Contemporary Organizations in their first semester, followed by core courses and electives throughout the program. All students are required to complete the MBA Consulting Project as their Culminating Experience.

CORE COURSES - 24 units

GBUS 600 - Analysis Of Contemporary Organizations

*Required in the first semester of enrollment in the MBA program

ECON 600- Economics of Strategy

*Prerequisite ECON 500

BANA 607 - Introduction to Business Analytics

* SOM 591 or equivalent prerequisite

MGT 620 - Organizational Behavior

* GBUS 600 or equivalent prerequisite

FIN 635 - Corporate Finance

* FIN 502 or equivalent prerequisite

MKT 640 - Marketing Management
* ECON 500, SOM 591, and GBUS 600 or equivalent prerequisite

SOM 686 - Operations Management

* SOM591 or equivalent prerequisite

MGT 693 - Strategic Management

* Students must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in their final Core courses

CULMINATING EXPERIENCE - 3 units

GBUS 698A - MBA Consulting Project

ELECTIVES - 6 units

FOUNDATION COURSES* - 15 Units

ECON 500 - Survey of Economics

ACCT 501 - Financial Accounting

FIN 502 - Managerial Finance

BLAW 508 - Business Law

SOM 591 - Business Analytics Foundation

*Foundation Courses may be waived for students with undergraduate degrees in business or related majors from AACSB schools with grades of "C" or better in equivalent courses. Undergraduate equivalents can be found here

SUMMARY OF REQUIRED UNITS

Foundation Courses	0-15 Units
Core Courses	24 units
Elective Courses	6 units
Culminating Experience	3 units
*Program Total*	33 - 48 units